Disneyland!

Yes, this is a long post, but I finally have something fun to put on here, so...ya know.

Yay for last-minute trips, especially ones to Disneyland! By transporting cars to and from California for my brother's dealership, we were able to make the trip on our minuscule budget and have loads of fun.

First we visited cousins Laney and Cali in San Jose (after a quick car-switch in Sacramento) So yes, we did go the long way - via I-80 and back through Vegas, but thanks to our couch-potato kids, watching movie after movie in the car made for a pleasant drive.

San Jose has the coolest parks. We even rode a real-live train there. Tyson was ecstatic to visit his cousin Laney (and play with all her toys).

Then we joined Christie & Matt at Disneyland - and Kellie even flew in for the first day.

Tyson was a bit freaked by the dark rides, so we tried to avoid them. But when you're a die-hard Buzz Lightyear fan, you've got to make some exceptions.

According to Tyson the 3 best things at Disneyland (and in life) are:

1. Trains

2. Cars

3. Rocketships

Tyson kept insisting we ride the caterpillar - a 30-second jaunt around some plants and gigantic pieces of food. It must have been the plants, cause food sure doesn't do it for him (if you've ever seen us try to get him to eat a meal, you know what I mean)!

The Pixar parade at California Adventure was a special highlight!

The new 3D (well, new to us) Toy Story ride/game was a blast! We even waited 35-40 minutes twice for it (our longest wait for sure).

Lightning McQueen is one of the things that really got Tyson excited to go to Disneyland. The prospects of seeing a life-size McQueen blew his mind.

It's so nice to have family there to help with your kids! Zach had a special attachment to Matt the whole time (sorry Matt, but this was great for us!)